Rugby Club Issue 52 | Page 36

diss FOLLOW US ONLINE TWITTER.COM/RUGBYCLUBMAG Diss RFC B ased at Mackenders on Bellrope Lane in Roydon, Diss RFC currently competes in the London 2 North East League. They are led by the team of President Duncan West and Chairman Tim Passmore and the club is looking to progress under their guidance. They were first established in February of 1958 when a small group of rugby enthusiasts met at the Two Brewers to discuss the formation of a new rugby club. Their motives ranged from not wanting to travel to Norwich for a home game, to wanting to learn rugby or get back involved with the game after time away. The meeting led to a small Committee being set up and the new club went on to play their first fixture in March of the same year when they took on Norwich City College. They have come a long way since then, putting together a history of which they have every right to be proud and some of their founder members are still at the club. 36 Issue 52 Ahead of the current campaign they announced the appointment of Roger Coombs as Head Coach along with additional staff and Director of Rugby Paul Cochrane spoke to www.dissexpress.co.uk after the appointment, saying, “The biggest difference is that they are all betterqualified coaches to what we have had in the past. They have all coached at this level or above and so that will be a major benefit to